DosAllocSeg

#define INCL_DOSMEMMGR

USHORT  rc = DosAllocSeg(Size, Selector, AllocFlags);

USHORT           Size;          /* Number of bytes requested */
PSEL             Selector;      /* Selector allocated (returned) */
USHORT           AllocFlags;    /* Allocation flags */

USHORT           rc;            /* return code */

Example

This example requests a segment of memory with 30,128 bytes. The segment can be shared with a DosGetSeg API call.

#define INCL_DOSMEMMGR

#define NUMBER_OF_BYTES 30128
#define ALLOC_FLAG SEG_GETTABLE

SEL    Selector;
USHORT rc;

   rc = DosAllocSeg(NUMBER_OF_BYTES,     /* # of bytes requested */
                    &Selector,           /* Selector allocated */
                    ALLOC_FLAG);         /* Allocation flags */

The following example requests a segment of memory with 4,000 bytes. The following example also shows how to suspend and resume execution of a thread within a process. The main thread creates Thread2 and allows it to begin executing. Thread2 iterates through a loop that prints a line and then sleeps, relinquishing its time slice to the main thread. After one iteration by Thread2, the main thread suspends Thread2 and then resumes it. Subsequently, Thread2 completes the remaining three iterations.

#define INCL_DOSPROCESS

#include <os2.h>

#define   SEGSIZE       4000   /* Number of bytes requested in segment */
#define   ALLOCFLAGS    0      /* Segment allocation flags - no sharing */
#define   SLEEPSHORT    5L     /* Sleep interval - 5 milliseconds */
#define   SLEEPLONG     75L    /* Sleep interval - 75 milliseconds */
#define   RETURN_CODE   0      /* Return code for DosExit() */

VOID APIENTRY Thread2()
{
  USHORT     i;

  /* Loop with four iterations */
  for(i=1; i<5; i++)
  {
    printf("In Thread2, i is now %d\n", i);
    /* Sleep to relinquish time slice to main thread */
    DosSleep(SLEEPSHORT);          /* Sleep interval */
  }
  DosExit(EXIT_THREAD,             /* Action code - end a thread */
          RETURN_CODE);            /* Return code */
}


main()
{
  TID        ThreadID;             /* Thread identification */
  SEL        ThreadStackSel;       /* Segment selector for thread stack */
  PBYTE      StackEnd;             /* Ptr. to end of thread stack */
  USHORT     rc;

  /** Allocate segment for thread stack; make pointer to end **/
  /**  of stack. **/
  /** We must allocate a segment in order to preserve **/
  /**  segment protection for the thread.  **/

  rc = DosAllocSeg(SEGSIZE,             /* Number of bytes requested */
                   &ThreadStackSel,     /* Segment selector (returned) */
                   ALLOCFLAGS);         /* Allocation flags - no sharing */
  StackEnd = MAKEP(ThreadStackSel, SEGSIZE-1);

  /** Start Thread2 **/
  if(!(rc=DosCreateThread((PFNTHREAD) Thread2,    /* Thread address */
                       &ThreadID,                 /* Thread ID (returned) */
                       StackEnd)))   /* End of thread stack */
    printf("Thread2 created.\n");

  /* Sleep to relinquish time slice to Thread2 */
  if(!(DosSleep(SLEEPSHORT)))                  /* Sleep interval */
    printf("Slept a little to let Thread2 execute.\n");

  /***** Suspend Thread2, do some work, then resume Thread2 *****/
  if(!(rc=DosSuspendThread(ThreadID)))         /* Thread ID */
    printf("Thread2 SUSPENDED.\n");
  printf("Perform work that will not be interrupted by Thread2.\n");
  if(!(rc=DosResumeThread(ThreadID)))          /* Thread ID */
    printf("Thread2 RESUMED.\n");
  printf("Now we may be interrupted by Thread2.\n");

  /* Sleep to allow Thread2 to complete */
  DosSleep(SLEEPLONG);                         /* Sleep interval */
}